Kingdom Press

Kingdom Program Notes (PDF download) – Old Globe Theatre, San Diego
“The wonderful thing about the piece… is that rap allows for an attention to language and to poetry which… tallies very much with all my interests in Shakespeare and the use of language in theatre…. [T]hat is what Aaron Jafferis is doing…. It’s kind of like street Shakespeare in a way.” More…(PDF)

The Kingdom Comes… – SignOnSanDiego.com
“Through Kingdom – now getting its first full production via the Old Globe Theatre – and through his work with young people in connection with the play, Jafferis strives to demonstrate that anger can be channeled into creative, constructive passion.” More…

30 Days of NYMF Day 8: “Kingdom” (interview with Jafferis) – BroadwayWorld.com
“At the end of the first day of rehearsal, after the actors finished their first read-through of the script of Kingdom, I thanked them for helping us tell this story, which is the story of young people I’ve known, past and present, alive and dead. I said thank you, but I meant be careful, I meant be passionate, I meant be truthful, I meant please do justice to this story which means so much to me, and means even more to people who have lived and died this story, not just acted in it.” More…

“Kingdom” Hits Home – New Haven Independent
“A local playwright’s hip-hop musical about the Latin Kings, produced by this local hero’s community theater group, has been drawing crowds to Fair Haven — including an elected official wrestling with the issue of youth violence.” More…

Drama Lab for Life in Fair Haven – New Haven Independent
“…[T]his challenging play… has a great and pressing ambition: to harness theater’s therapeutic potential to teach its audiences that what happens on stage, if understood, can be avoided in real life.” More…